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⤢ SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 49 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ Document… 2 ⌘ Corkboard… 3 ⌘ Outline Vie… 4 5 ⌘ Take Snap… 6 7 8 ⌘ ⇧ Comment 9 0 Q W ⌘ ⇧ Close Proj… E ⌥ ⌘ Compile R ⌥ ⌘ Reveal in B… T ⌘ ⇧ Show Proj… Y U ⌘ Underline I ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hide… O ⌘ Open Proj… P ⌘ Print Curre… A ⌘ Select All S ⌘ Save D ⌘ Duplicate… F ⌘ Find G ⌘ Find Next H ⌘ ⇧ Highlight T… J K ⌥ ⌘ Split at Sel… L Z X C V ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ Paste and… B ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hide… N ⌘ New Text M ⌘ ⇧ Merge Doc… MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Comp… ⌥ ⌘ F New Project ⌘ ⇧ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Previous Docum… ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Left Align Paragr… ⌘ [ Right Align Para… ⌘ ] Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' Backward in Doc… ⌘ [ Forward in Docu… ⌘ ] Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 Duplicate withou… ⌘ ⇧ D Split with Selecti… ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Take Titled Snap… ⌃ ⌘ 5 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 49 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ Document… 2 ⌘ Corkboard… 3 ⌘ Outline Vie… 4 5 ⌘ Take Snap… 6 7 8 ⌘ ⇧ Comment 9 0 A ⌘ Select All Z E ⌥ ⌘ Compile R ⌥ ⌘ Reveal in B… T ⌘ ⇧ Show Proj… Y U ⌘ Underline I ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hide… O ⌘ Open Proj… P ⌘ Print Curre… Q S ⌘ Save D ⌘ Duplicate… F ⌘ Find G ⌘ Find Next H ⌘ ⇧ Highlight T… J K ⌥ ⌘ Split at Sel… L M ⌘ ⇧ Merge Doc… W ⌘ ⇧ Close Proj… X C V ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ Paste and… B ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hide… N ⌘ New Text MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Comp… ⌥ ⌘ F New Project ⌘ ⇧ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Previous Docum… ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Left Align Paragr… ⌘ [ Right Align Para… ⌘ ] Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' Backward in Doc… ⌘ [ Forward in Docu… ⌘ ] Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 Duplicate withou… ⌘ ⇧ D Split with Selecti… ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Take Titled Snap… ⌃ ⌘ 5 shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC ⤢ EDITING Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as Title ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G FORMATTING Underline ⌘ U Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H INSERT Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 PROJECT Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S NAVIGATION Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document History ⌘ [ Forward in Document History ⌘ ] DOCUMENTS Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5 BINDER New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocuments ⌘ ⇧ D VIEW Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC ⤢ EDITING 09 Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as T… ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G FORMATTING 04 Underline ⌘ U Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H INSERT 03 Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 PROJECT 09 Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S NAVIGATION 04 Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document Hist… ⌘ [ Forward in Document Histo… ⌘ ] DOCUMENTS 02 Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5 BINDER 07 New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocu… ⌘ ⇧ D VIEW 12 Enter/Exit Composition Mo… ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings Vi… ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 50 BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC ⤢ SCRIVENER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 8 SETS · No.01 SCRIVENER TOTAL 50 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PROJECT 09 BINDER 07 EDITING 09 VIEW 12 FORMATTING 04 NAVIGATION 04 DOCUMENTS 02 INSERT 03 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocuments ⌘ ⇧ D Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as Title ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ , Underline ⌘ U Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document History ⌘ [ Forward in Document History ⌘ ] Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5 Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8 SCRIVENER KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL 1 ⌘ Document… 2 ⌘ Corkboard… 3 ⌘ Outline Vie… 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Q W E ⌥ ⌘ Compile R T Y U I ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hide… O ⌘ Open Proj… P A ⌘ Select All S ⌘ Save D F ⌘ Find G H J K L Z X C V B ⌥ ⌘ Show/Hide… N ⌘ New Text M MORE SHORTCUTS Enter/Exit Compositio… ⌥ ⌘ F New Project ⌘ ⇧ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC Keyboard map PROJECT Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O VIEW Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I BINDER New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N EDITING Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC Isometric PROJECT 04 Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O VIEW 06 Enter/Exit Composition M… ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings V… ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I BINDER 02 New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N EDITING 02 Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Scrivener KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS · MAC · 14 ESSENTIAL BOTH LAYOUTS QWERTY Q W E R T Y AZERTY A Z E R T Y shortcutposters.com UPDATED JAN 2026 · COMPATIBLE WITH SCRIVENER · MAC Typewriter SCRIVENER · KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS Mac · 4 SETS · No.01 SCRIVENER TOTAL 14 SHORTCUTS FOR MAC · SHIPPED COMBOS SETS PROJECT 04 BINDER 02 EDITING 02 VIEW 06 REF. EDITION · JAN 2026 shortcutposters.com Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Editorial Scrivener is a long-form writing application built for authors, screenwriters, and researchers, organizing drafts, notes, and references in one project. Its shortcuts make navigating the binder, restructuring text, and drafting faster so you can stay in the writing.
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9 Action Shortcut Find ⌘ F Select All ⌘ A Split at Selection ⌥ ⌘ K Paste and Match Style ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ V Search in Project ⌘ ⇧ F Merge Documents ⌘ ⇧ M Find Next ⌘ G Split with Selection as Title ⌥ ⇧ ⌘ K Find Previous ⌘ ⇧ G
12 Action Shortcut Enter/Exit Composition Mode ⌥ ⌘ F Document / Scrivenings View ⌘ 1 Corkboard View ⌘ 2 Outline View ⌘ 3 Show/Hide Binder ⌥ ⌘ B Show/Hide Inspector ⌥ ⌘ I Split Horizontally ⌥ ⌘ = Split Vertically ⌘ ' No Split ⌘ ' Show/Hide Ruler ⌘ R Zoom In ⌘ . Zoom Out ⌘ ,
4 Action Shortcut Underline ⌘ U Left Align Paragraph ⌘ [ Right Align Paragraph ⌘ ] Highlight Text ⌘ ⇧ H
9 Action Shortcut Save ⌘ S New Project ⌘ ⇧ N Compile ⌥ ⌘ E Open Project ⌘ O Show Project Targets ⌘ ⇧ T Close Project ⌘ ⇧ W Save As ⌘ ⇧ S Print Current Document ⌘ P Project Statistics ⇧ ⌥ ⌘ S
7 Action Shortcut New Text ⌘ N New Folder ⌥ ⌘ N Reveal in Binder ⌥ ⌘ R Duplicate Document ⌘ D Move to Trash ⌘ ⌫ Ungroup ⌥ ⌘ U Duplicate without Subdocuments ⌘ ⇧ D
4 Action Shortcut Previous Document ⌥ ⌘ ↑ Next Document ⌥ ⌘ ↓ Backward in Document History ⌘ [ Forward in Document History ⌘ ]
3 Action Shortcut Comment ⌘ ⇧ 8 Inline Annotation ⌘ ⇧ A Footnote ⌃ ⌘ 8
2 Action Shortcut Take Snapshot ⌘ 5 Take Titled Snapshot ⌃ ⌘ 5
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Does the poster include every Scrivener shortcut? Scrivener has 50 keyboard shortcuts on macOS — the complete list is free to read on this page. The poster features the most essential ones, curated to stay readable on a wall.
Can I print it at home? Yes. The digital download is a high-resolution 300 DPI file you can print at home or at any print shop, in standard frame sizes.
Does it cover both Mac and Windows? We sell a separate edition per platform so every key matches your keyboard exactly. This page is the macOS edition.
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